Amphitheater tickets for Corey Smith on sale Friday

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Jul 23, 2013 at 12:01 AM

TUSCALOOSA | Corey Smith plans to return to the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater almost exactly a year after his last performance there. The show will be 7 p.m. Friday Sept. 27. Last year’s Smith concert was Friday, Sept. 28.

By Mark Hughes CobbStaff Writer

TUSCALOOSA | Corey Smith plans to return to the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater almost exactly a year after his last performance there. The show will be 7 p.m. Friday Sept. 27. Last year’s Smith concert was Friday, Sept. 28.During his decade-long career, the singer-songwriter from Jefferson, Ga., has performed at The Jupiter bar and grill, at the 4th and 23rd nightclub, and in a benefit concert in the former CityFest lot in 2011. Smith’s first disc, “Undertones,” came out in 2003, shortly after he’d graduated from the University of Georgia. Many of his most popular songs, including the hit “Twenty-One,” came out on this and other early discs. Further celebrations of partying such as “Bartender” and “If I Could Do It Again” followed.His followup studio albums include “In the Mood,” “The Good Life,” “Hard-Headed Fool,” “Keeping Up With the Joneses” and “The Broken Record.” “Live In Chattanooga,” with concert versions of much of his popular work, came out in October 2012. Smith has built a fan base on relentless touring, playing more than 700 shows in the past five years.Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at www.ticketmaster.com, the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater box office or by phone at 800-745-3000. Seats will be $25.50 and $29.50.